Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

F7♭9F Dominant 7th Flat 9th

A♯Root
Dtone
Ftone
G♯tone
Btone

Formula 4 · 6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5  ·  Notes A♯ · D · F · G♯ · B

How to play it

F7♭9 fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADGBE), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 0 1 x 1 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 x 1 2 1 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 0 1 2 1 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 3 1 2 x 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 3 x 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 3 1 2 1 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 3 1 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 3 3 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Read it as tab

F7♭9 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 0 1 x 1 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 x 1 2 1 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 0 1 2 1 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 3 1 2 x 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 3 x 2 4 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 3 1 2 1 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 3 1 2 4 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 3 3 2 4 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Sound

How F7♭9 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
tensedramaticexotic
Genres
jazzclassicallatin
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · G♯ · B
Formula (scale degrees)4 · 6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5
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